Emu Bay Railway Locomotives

From the opening of its predecessor in 1883 to the delivery of the two diesel shunters in 1962,
the Emu Bay Railway numbered all locomotives in a single series from 1, in order of delivery.

As with any numbering systems there were a few exceptions. The Avonside loco purchased
from the Mt Lyell company in 1929 was given the number 10, some time after the first loco
carrying this number was sold. Similarly when number 20 was written off in an accident
shortly after purchase, another loco was hastily obtained and numbered 20A, the last steam
loco to be numbered in this sequence started 80 years before. The first deisel locomotive, delivered
in 1953 as PVH1 was later renumbered 21, the next available number in the steam loco roster, prior to the new 10 class diesels were arriving. At the same time an
un-numbered shunter purchased from the closed Mt Lyell Railway was given the number 22.
The new main line locomotives did not follow the old system, being numbered 1001 to 1003.
A fourth 10 class was later purchased, while seven locomotives of an improved design
delivered from 1969 were numbered 1101 to 1107.

Since the takeover of the EBR by Tasrail in 1998, many classes of Tasrail loco have
operated over the former EBR line from Burnie to Rosebery.